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Alternative forms

• cousin-sister

Noun

cousin sister ‎(plural cousin sisters)

1. (India, Pakistan) A female first cousin.
   • 2006, Nicola Mooney, " Aspiration, reunification and gender transformation in Jat Sikh marriages from India to Canada," Global Networks, vol. 6, no. 4, p. 394:

     Late in 1997 the entire family returned to India to arrange the marriages of Nimrat's brothers and cousin-sister.

   • 2007, Kurulu Kariyakarawana and Yohan Perera, "Ministry secretary, three others killed in road accident," Daily Mirror e-edition (Sri Lanka), 2 July, p. 1:

     Welfare Ministry Secretary Upali Dahanayake, his elderly father, daughter, and a cousin sister died on the spot in a tragic accident in Mahiyangana yesterday.

Related terms

• cousin brother